Lyrics
Used to see the whole design, clear as summer daylight
Now I'm tracing stitches in the dark, tryna make the braid tight
Yeah, we was woven from the same cloth, same dye, same fight
But a thread gets pulled, and now the whole damn pattern ain't right
[Verse 1]
That scuffed-up And1 mixtape tour shoe box under your bed
Still got the ticket stubs from Phillips, every word we said
Is cross-stitched in my memory, a perfect, unbroken line
Now this room is full of loose ends you ain't bothered to align
October humidity still clinging to the glass in the frame
I'm looking at a stranger who just happens to know my name
You said, "Man, you think too much, just cut the damn thread."
But I'm the one who sees the empty space on the spool instead.
[Chorus]
Used to see the whole design, clear as summer daylight
Now I'm tracing stitches in the dark, tryna make the braid tight
Yeah, we was woven from the same cloth, same dye, same fight
But a thread gets pulled, and now the whole damn pattern ain't right
[Verse 2]
One burnt-out Playstation 2 controller, the analog stick is peeling.
A stack of past-due notices from Grady, tacked to the ceiling.
The ashtray from the Beau Rivage, overflowing with gray ash.
A half-empty bottle of antifreeze sittin' right next to the cash.
That Falcons fitted you wore to Maya's first birthday, faded on the brim.
Two mismatched Timberlands by the door, the frayed lace tucked in.
A tow-hitch catalogue, pages stuck together with something sticky.
And the silence where the laughter was, man, that's the part that gets me.
[Verse 3]
(Double-time flow)
Remember weaving through the traffic on Flat Shoals, it was effortless
A tapestry of brotherhood, we never thought that we could sever this
Every shared secret a golden fiber, every promise was a knot
Now the fabric's lookin' moth-eaten, coming apart from the rot
And I'm tryna re-spool it, tryna re-route it, tryna see where the seam gave
Was it a single tear or a slow unraveling that sent you to this bleak cave?
This ain't a clean cut, this a slow fray, this the color runnin' in the rain
And the needle I need to fix it is just adding to the goddamn pain.
[Chorus]
Used to see the whole design, clear as summer daylight
Now I'm tracing stitches in the dark, tryna make the braid tight
Yeah, we was woven from the same cloth, same dye, same fight
But a thread gets pulled, and now the whole damn pattern ain't right
About Deacon Keyz
Deacon Keyz learned to play piano in his grandmother's East Atlanta church, but life had other plans. At 18, the birth of his daughter Maya put his musical dreams on hold for a decade of warehouse shifts and late-night tow truck runs. His music is made in the hours after she's asleep, blending sanctified organ loops with the sound of the city he navigates every day. These are lullabies from the…
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